[BlueOnyx:22313] Re: Acceptable characters in passwords

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Ernie,

> What characters are illegal in passwords nowadays?
> When did it change?

It's defined here:

http://devel.blueonyx.it/trac/browser/BlueOnyx/5209R/utils/cce/server/basetypes.schema

This is the relevant code and the comments for it:

<!-- Please note the password regexp. It forbids certain elements from
the *octal* ASCII table.

     Forbidden:
     ==========
     Anything between octal 001 and 040 control chars and space
     Octal \042, which means: "
     Octal \046, which means: &
     Octal \047, which means: '
     Octal \057, which means: /
     Octal \074, which means: <
     Octal \076, which means: >
     Octal \077, which means: ?
     Octal \100, which means: @
     Octal \133-\140, which means: [ \ ] ^ _ `
     Octal \173-\177, which means: { | } ~ and DELete key.
     See:
https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece390/books/labmanual/ascii-code-table.html

     Still allowed chars:
     ====================
     Any alphanumeric character plus: !#$%()*+,-.:;=
-->

<typedef
	name="password"
	type="re"
	data="^[^\001-\040\042\046\047\057\074\076\077\100\133-\140\173-\177]{6,24}$"
/>

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber